SAU 16 superintendent competing in bus race today

Tuesday

Jun 17, 2014 at 2:00 AM

EXETER — Superintendent Michael Morgan is used to racing around his office and schools in School Administrative Unit 16, but today he'll be getting behind the wheel of a big school bus to compete in an obstacle course at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Jason Schreiber

EXETER — Superintendent Michael Morgan is used to racing around his office and schools in School Administrative Unit 16, but today he'll be getting behind the wheel of a big school bus to compete in an obstacle course at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Morgan is one of 10 New Hampshire school administrators who will fight for a $10,000 grand prize in the 2014 Race to Benefit Education's "School Bus Challenge."

The winner will bring the prize money back to his or her school district to benefit an educational program.

Morgan and the other superintendents will have to maneuver their buses through a difficult course of traffic cones placed along the race track.

The obstacle course will involve slaloms, a chicane, tight turns, narrow lanes, and other challenging spots.

Morgan said he's up for the challenge and not at all nervous about operating a 36-foot long, 70 passenger school bus around an obstacle course.

Morgan had a license to drive a school bus until 1981 and has some years on the road under his belt. He drove a school bus from 1976 to 1981 when he worked as a guidance counselor in North Stratford and took students on trips during the day.

"I think it'll be fun," he said of the upcoming race, which he hopes will not only give him a chance to win money to benefit education but also shine the spotlight on the work of local school bus drivers who face many challenges while getting students to school safely each day.

"School bus drivers do a lot of good work. We can never thank our bus drivers enough," Morgan said.

Morgan is the only superintendent from the Seacoast competing in the race.

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